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A comment on Berlin's techno scene added to Unesco intangible cultural heritage list. Parent comment

Re:Berlin's techno scene added to Unesco intangible cultural... by iamacyborg on Friday March 15, 2024 @11:17AM (#39716703)
> Plenty of people are able to enjoy music without getting caught up in nomenclature. The idea that those people aren't real fans always feels very snobbish.

If you can't differentiate between neurofunk and liquid, you're probably not a big dnb fan.

That doesn't mean you can't enjoy it, but enjoying something and being a fan of something can be quite distinct things.

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Re:Berlin's techno scene added to Unesco intangible cultural... by bnralt on Friday March 15, 2024 @12:04PM (#39717292)
> If you can't differentiate between neurofunk and liquid, you're probably not a big dnb fan.

I'll be honest with you, I thought this was satire before I read the next line.

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Re:Berlin's techno scene added to Unesco intangible cultural... by iamacyborg on Friday March 15, 2024 @01:53PM (#39718638)
That's fine, maybe you don't care about being able to differentiate between the stuff you listen to, a lot of us do.
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Re:Berlin's techno scene added to Unesco intangible cultural... by pfannkuchen on Friday March 15, 2024 @05:51PM (#39721102)
The word “fan” has become really watered down over time. Didn’t it used to be short for “fanatic”? If someone isn’t deeply familiar with the landscape of a genre, then it seems logical to say they aren’t a fanatic.

It may just come down to whether one uses the watered down meaning of “fan” or the original.

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